1 ^11:1A CERTAIN man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister. ^11:2It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hairs, whose brother Lazarus was sick. ^11:3Then the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick. ^11:4But Jesus hearing it said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it. ^11:5And Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. ^11:6When, therefore, he heard that he was sick, he continued in the place where he was two days.

2 ^11:7Then after that he said to the disciples, Let us go again into Judea. ^11:8The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews lately sought to stone you, and do you go there again? ^11:9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours of the day? and if one walks in the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world; ^11:10but if he walks in the night he stumbles, because the light is not in it. ^11:11He said these things, and after this he said to them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go that I may awake him. ^11:12Then they said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep he will recover. ^11:13But Jesus spoke of his death; but they thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep. ^11:14Then Jesus, therefore, said to them plainly, Lazarus has died; ^11:15and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe; but let us go to him. ^11:16Then Thomas, who is called The twin, said to the fellow disciples, Let us go also, that we may die with him.

3 ^11:17Then Jesus coming found that he had been four days in the tomb. ^11:18And Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadiums [1 3-4 miles] distant. ^11:19And many of the Jews came to those with Martha and Mary, to console them for their brother. ^11:20Then when Martha heard that Jesus had come, she went out to meet him; but Mary sat in the house. ^11:21Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died; ^11:22but now also I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you. ^11:23Jesus said to her, Your brother shall rise again. ^11:24Martha said to him, I know that he will rise at the resurrection at the last day. ^11:25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, even if he has died, shall live, ^11:26and no one who lives and believes in me shall ever die; do you believe this? ^11:27She said to him, Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.

4 ^11:28And having said this she went away and called Mary her sister, privately, saying, The teacher has come and calls for you. ^11:29When she heard, she arose quickly and came to him; ^11:30but Jesus had not yet entered into the village, but was at the place where Martha met him. ^11:31Then the Jews who were with her in the house and consoling her, seeing Mary that she arose and went out quickly, followed her, saying, She goes to the tomb to weep there. ^11:32Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died.

5 ^11:33Then when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he was greatly agitated in spirit and affected, ^11:34and said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. ^11:35Jesus wept. ^11:36Then the Jews said, Behold, how he loved him. ^11:37And some of them said, Could not this man who opens the eyes of the blind, cause that even he should not have died? ^11:38Then Jesus again being agitated within himself came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. ^11:39Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, said to him, Lord, by this time he smells; for he has been dead four days. ^11:40Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you that if you will believe you shall see the glory of God? ^11:41Then they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted his eyes above, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me; ^11:42and I knew that thou hearest me always; but for the sake of the multitude who stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. ^11:43And having said these things, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. ^11:44And the dead came forth, bound as to his feet and hands with bandages, and his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus said to them, Unbind him, and let him go.

6 ^11:45Then many of the Jews who came with Mary, and saw what Jesus did, believed on him; ^11:46but some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

7 ^11:47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrim, and said, What do we accomplish? for this man performs many miracles. ^11:48If we leave him thus all will believe on him; and the Romans will come and take away our place and nation. ^11:49And one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all, ^11:50neither consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that all the nation should perish. ^11:51This he said not of himself, but being chief priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation; ^11:52and not for the nation only, but to bring together into one [body] all the children of God scattered abroad. ^11:53From that day, therefore, they took counsel to kill him.

8 ^11:54Then Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews, but went thence to a region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he staid with his disciples. ^11:55And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves. ^11:56Then they sought Jesus, and standing in the temple said one to another, What do you think? that he will not come to the feast? ^11:57And the chief priests and Pharisees had given commandment, that if any one knew where he was he should make it known, that they might take him by force.